aura reading

Sensing invisible fields

Aura reading is the practice of perceiving or interpreting the supposed energy field surrounding a person's body.

Practitioners claim to see colors or patterns that reveal information about someone's emotional state, health, or spiritual condition.

The practice belongs to New Age and alternative spirituality traditions: She went to a psychic fair for an aura reading.

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inner vision · astral projection · telepathy · precognition · meditation · spiritual guide · emanation · psychometry · intuition · remote viewing · reiki · life force · crystal healing · channeling · divination · color theory · holistic therapy · psychokinesis

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epistemological method

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Identification of disease

physical examination · blood test · MRI scan · laboratory testing · diagnostic imaging

evidentiary basis

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Structured process for investigation

empirical research · controlled experiment · evidence-based practice · peer-reviewed study · double-blind study

worldview/paradigm

aura readingphysicalism

All is matter

naturalism · skepticism · empiricism · secular humanism · reductionism

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